Maharashtra

Nana Patole: Out of His Depth?

Open

His transition to Maharashtra Congress president, after he left BJP in 2017, has been far from smooth

Tiger Tethered

Shankkar Aiyar

The party that Bal Thackeray built has been suffering an existential crisis for a long time

The Last Resort

Ullekh NP

Luxury retreats continue to be a haven for both party honchos to herd their flock and rebels who want to break away

The Fall of Uddhav Thackeray

Rajeev Deshpande

The rebellion that ended his tenure as chief minister would have happened sooner had it not been for the pandemic

Caught in the Act

Virendra Kapoor

Converting Black Money into White

Rifts in Sena, Drift on Hindutva spark Maharashtra Crisis

Rajeev Deshpande

The decisions of Sena MLAs to bolt en masse have sealed the fate of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government -- irrespective of whether it hangs on a little longer

A Narration of Stone

Lhendup G Bhutia

Untold histories can be heard from the ancient Buddhist caves of western Maharashtra

In Uddhav Thackeray’s Absence

Virendra Kapoor

Nobody expects to question the prolonged absence of the chief minister

Sindhutai Sapkal (1948-2022): Everyone’s Mother

Lhendup G Bhutia

How a woman who was once a beggar became a saviour of orphans

Maoists after Milind Teltumbde

Rahul Pandita

The Maoist movement in its present form will be most likely over in the next few years. The geographical influence of Maoists has contracted to 41 districts from 96 about 10 years ago